<p>Does anyone know if Cornell and other universities see IB classes without the diploma, the same as AP classes? For my school, the IB director said that I should not do IB because in school, the classes would interfere with orchestra and the workload (CAS journals, essay, and papers from TOK, AP english, and history etc.)would interfere with a lot of my music programs. So I chose not to do the program because I love my viola :). But he did say that I should consider taking some IB classes next year, so I was wondering if the rigor is considered the same for both AP and IB classes.</p>
<p>P.S- A totally unrelated and random question…can anyone share pictures of their dorm room or share a website that you know has a lot of pics of Cornell rooms?</p>
<p>I’m doing the IB diploma at my school. It doesn’t interfere with my music extracurriculars at my school, but that may be different for you. Honestly, if I weren’t doing the diploma, I would have chosen all AP’s instead. Colleges don’t give as much credit for IB classes because they aren’t all higher level, and to be honest some of them aren’t as rigorous as AP classes (however, some are just as rigorous or even more so). The prestige of having IB on your transcript is the diploma itself. All of the CAS hours, the EE and TOK are what make the diploma so special. If you’re unable to do the diploma, I’d suggest taking AP’s instead.</p>
<p>Cornell seems to have pretty good policies for giving credit for IB classes, but I’ve noticed that many other schools do not. AP may give you more flexibility in case you end up somewhere else. </p>
<p>On the other hand, in terms of applications, you’re going to want to take whatever the guidance department in your school considers the “most challenging” set of classes. Talk to a GC and find out what you’d need to take in order for them to be able to check that off on your recommendation. That may impact your choices.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>My daughter is a Cornell student. She did a full IB diploma program (but it was quite difficult to juggle her schedule because she had musical commitments – IB and music do not mix easily). </p>
<p>She got zero credits from Cornell for her IB courses. She got 30 credits for APs – about half of which were for AP scores that she earned after taking IB courses. </p>
<p>Different schools at Cornell give credit for different AP and IB scores. Here’s the chart for the College of Arts and Sciences. [Credit</a> and Placement](<a href=“http://as.cornell.edu/information/orientation/credit.cfm]Credit”>http://as.cornell.edu/information/orientation/credit.cfm) I think it’s fairly strongly skewed toward AP.</p>
<p>I did the full IB diploma as well and I get about 14 credits for it. They only count higher level classes really, so it just depends on how well you end up doing in those classes.</p>